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incompatibility

incompatibility, n. Conflict in personality and disposition, usu. leading to the breakup of a marriage. • Every state now recognizes some form of incompatibility as a no-fault ground for divorce. See no-fault divorce under DIVORCE. Cf. IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES; IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN OF THE MARRIAGE.

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irretrievable breakdown of the marriage

irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. Family law. A ground for divorce that is based on incompatibility between marriage partners and that is used in many states as the sole ground of no-fault divorce. — Also termed irretrievable breakdown; irremediable breakdown of the marriage; irremediable breakdown. Cf. IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES; INCOMPATIBILITY. [Cases: Divorce 12. C.J.S. Divorce §§

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conflict of interest

conflict of interest. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one’s private interests and one’s public or fi-duciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer’s clients, such that the lawyer is disqualified from representing both clients if the dual representation adversely affects either client or if the

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irreconcilable differences

irreconcilable differences. Persistent and unresolvable disagreements between spouses, leading to the breakdown of the marriage. • These differences may be cited — without specifics — as grounds for no-fault divorce. At least 33 states have provided that irreconcilable differences are a basis for divorce. Cf. IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN OF THE MARRIAGE; INCOMPATIBILITY. [Cases: Divorce 12, 34.

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